Communication Network Awareness Machine System Phase I Development: The Intelligent Party-Line Schema

As NextGen continues toward the full implementation of a Net-Centric Architecture (N-CA) it will inherently provide a continuous increase to the Four-Vs components (Volume, Velocity, Value, and Variety) of big data. This will create an insurmountable environment for direct-action aviation personnel (DAAP) as the DAAP’s natural abilities to manage and process data into actionable information will be overmatched by the Three-Vs. Therefore, conducting operations within a N-CA requires that new tools and applications be researched and developed to aid the DAAP’s ability to understand and manage data, mitigate non-normals, and create contingency plans and actions. This paper describes a research area at NASA Langley Research Center known as the Intelligent Party-Line (IPL).